Opinion

Annotation. Innovation is an innovation in such areas as technology,
technology, organization of labor and management, based on the use of
scientific achievements and best practices, as well as the use of these
innovations in various fields and areas of activity.

Opinion

Annotation. Innovation is an innovation in such areas as technology,
technology, organization of labor and management, based on the use of
scientific achievements and best practices, as well as the use of these
innovations in various fields and areas of activity.

Innovations in the agro-industrial complex are considered to be the
achievement of science and technology, necessary to increase labor
productivity, production efficiency, and the efficiency of existence of
all branches of agriculture. Innovation regarding the development of
the agro-industrial sector is new technologies, new equipment, new
plant varieties, new animal breeds, new fertilizers and plant and animal
protection products, new methods for the prevention and treatment of
animals, new forms of organization, financing and crediting of production,
new approaches to preparation , retraining and staff development and
many others.

The agro-industrial complex of Uzbekistan has a huge potential for
the successful development of the innovation sphere. It may be noted
such advantages as the high capacity of the country’s food domestic
market.

Agriculture is the main source of the development of the agroindustrial
complex, which forms the need for agricultural engineering
and chemical products, the first sphere of the agro-industrial complex is
a supplier of products for the processing and food industries. Intensive
development of agriculture stimulates an increase in demand for
products of the first sphere of the agro-industrial complex and covers the
needs of the third sphere of the agro-industrial complex in full. Currently,
the needs of the third sphere of the agro-industrial sector are partially
covered by the import of food products. Accordingly, with an increase in
gross agricultural output in the market, “import substitution” will work,
which will have a positive effect on all participants involved in market
relations in the agro-industrial complex.

Thanks to the work on the preservation and development of scientific
and innovative potentials, the rates of economic growth in Uzbekistan
have been stable in recent years and are in the range of 6-7%. Growth
rate for the period 2014–2017 Uzbekistan’s GDP growth rates remained
at a fairly high level - on average, 7.8%, the state budget was executed
with a surplus (since 2005), the inflation rate did not exceed 7-8%.

The results of purposeful work on reforming agriculture in Uzbekistan,
in particular the implementation of measures to optimize the structure of
sown areas, the introduction of new advanced technologies in production,
to ensure an increase in crop yields and animal productivity in the
country significantly increased production in the agricultural sectors.
The gross agricultural output in January-December 2016 amounted to 47486.1 billion soums, including crop production - 29042.4
billion soums, livestock production - 18443.7 billion soums.
As a result of the creation of new varieties of wheat and the
application of innovative methods for growing this and other
types of crops, the country obtained high yields of wheat,
for example, an average of 55-60 centners per hectare in
Bukhara, Andijan and Khorezm regions, and in some areas
these areas and 70-80 centners. Scientists have developed
a highly efficient cellular biotechnology for growing seed
potatoes, which was industrially tested in farms in the
Tashkent and Kashkadarya regions, and more than 300
tons of seed potatoes of elite varieties were obtained. With
this, our scientists have practically solved the problem of
primary seed production. In the future, our country will
not only be able to refuse to import seed potatoes, but also
to become an exporter of it itself, and potato farms will be
reliably provided with high-quality domestic seed material.
Based on local innovative technologies in large chemical and
petrochemical enterprises of the country, production of new
types of import-substituting fertilizers, defoliants, growth
stimulants and others is organized. These and other priority
results of world importance in the field of fundamental and
applied scientific research of the Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Uzbekistan contribute to the development of
scientific and technological potential, sustainable growth,
increase the competitiveness of the national economy and
the creation of guarantees of economic security

For a short period, Uzbekistan has implemented
significant reforms that have made it possible to almost
completely provide the population with basic food crops, and
to start large-scale export of some of them. Agrarian reform
requires constant attention. It is necessary to increase the
level of funding for basic and applied agrarian science,
the creation of scientific and technical developments,
private and public investments and their integration in
agribusiness, the innovation infrastructure in agriculture, to
develop a mechanism for the development and stimulation of innovative activities in agricultural production. The
transition to the managed development of innovation
requires the creation of a new organizational and economic
mechanism aimed at ensuring the scientific, technological,
managerial and organizational conditions for the innovative
development of the industry. The development of this
mechanism will make it possible to solve many agricultural
problems through the combination of agrarian science and
production - increasing the scientific and technical potential
of the industry, such as accelerating the introduction of new
knowledge by creating a system for bringing innovation to
real production; growth of investment activity and increase
in investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector of the
economy; - rational and efficient use of unclaimed resources
of large enterprises; - creation of conditions for the
integration of the subjects of innovation with the authorities,
regulating relations and having a set of administrative
resources.

Thus, for the development of innovation in the agroindustrial
complex are necessary:

Development and development of innovations
related to the improvement of the material and technical base
of production (new equipment, technologies, materials and
structures, increasing the reliability and cost-effectiveness
of machinery and equipment, introducing technical controls,
improving technological, material and labor standards, etc.);

Improving the organization of production and labor,
smoothing the seasonality of the use of workers, ergonomic
innovations, measures to protect the environment,
streamline management, training and retraining of
production and technical personnel, etc.);

Institutional development (innovations in business
planning, pricing, finance and credit, material incentives,
strengthening technological discipline, etc.). Making the
transition to a more stringent mode.